Chautala gets interim bail in graft case
May 3rd, 2010 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, May 3 (IANS) A city court Monday granted interim bail to former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala in a corruption case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Special CBI Judge P.S. Teji granted interim bail to Chautala, 75, a sitting legislator of Haryana, on conditions of furnishing a personal bond and a surety of Rs.1 lakh each.
His plea for a regular bail is likely to be decided Tuesday.
The court summoned Chautala after taking cognisance April 20 of a chargesheet filed against him by the CBI.
On March 26, the CBI filed a chargesheet against Chautala for allegedly possessing assets worth Rs.6.09 crore disproportionate to the known sources of his income between 1993 and 2006.
Chautala has held the post of Haryana chief minister on five occasions. He last held the post between July 1999 and March 2005.
He currently represents Uchana Kalan constituency of Hissar district in Haryana assembly.
The CBI searched 24 premises of Chautala in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Chandigarh during which it seized Rs.13 lakh and five frozen bank accounts containing Rs.1.34 crore belonging to Chautala and his family members.
The CBI had earlier filed charge sheets against Chautala’s two sons, Ajay and Abhay, both Haryana legislators, in disproportionate assets cases.
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